The first thing that we all consider, in issues such as what you are experiencing, is the system specs.What is the Make and model of your system?Memory and CPU?

Also, to make sure that Camtasia is in fact loading.Open the Task Manager.Right click the Task Bar, choose [Task Manager]Then click on [More Details]So show everything that is happening on your system, during this time.

D'oh--I should have included that info! Thanks for the suggestion.Dell Latitude E6430, (i7-3540M CPU @ 3Ghz) 12GB RAM, Windows 7 64bitI did use the task manager, so I knew it was running. Just tried again this morning, and it was down to 12 seconds before something showed up.

I did notice that it didn't prompt me to check for updates (I hadn't used it in a while before the previous launch), so it may be that it is an internet delay compounding the issue (I'm in a rural situation with 700KB upload, 4MB download, speeds). All the more reason for a window that pops up quickly. Hard to test against all environments!

Launch Camtasia.Click on [Edit]Then [Prefrences]When Dialog opens.Click on [Advanced]Untick the [Enable Automatic UpgradeCheck]&Untick the [Promot before upgrade check]Click [OK]Close CamtasiaAnd then open it up again, and see if it is any faster.This will let you know, on rather it is a connection to the internet or another issue.

I learned from experience with Adobe products, as they used to be auto-internet upgrade check.I would disable it when my internet was as bad as yours.I have 50mb down and 9mb up now.But, I still do not allow any program to auto-check for updates.

Glad it is faster for you now.Have a good one and enjoy using Camtasia.